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Who Will Be Iran’s Next President?
The Atlantic· 4 hours agoThe council’s 12 members are directly or indirectly appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an octogenarian who still calls all the most...
Counter-Terrorism: Industrial Decapitation In Action
Strategy Page· 7 days agoFor centuries the Sunni Arab minority in Iraq was one of the best educated and entrepreneurial in the Arab world. In the 1960s there was another coup and the Baath Socialist ...
Iraq: Winning The War And Losing The Peace
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJune 26, 2018: The current parliament ends on June 30 and a newly elected parliament is supposed to take its place. It will be a few months before that happens and then the members of the new ...
The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities
BBC News· 2 days agoTravellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long...
Israel demands answers from Al Jazeera why ‘Hamas terrorist’ allegedly worked as a reporter
Fox News· 4 days agoThe Israel Defense Forces on Sunday accused the Qatari regime-owned Al Jazeera news organization of...
Afghanistan: Vulnerable To The Point Of Extinction
Strategy Page· 6 hours agoJune 6, 2019: While American negotiators continue talking to their Taliban counterparts, the Afghan government and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan have made it clear that they will ...
Iraq: Policing The Blood Lands
Strategy Page· 3 days agoApril 23, 2020: ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is still the greatest security threat and so far this year has killed 170 civilians and security personnel. A covid19 death can easily be mistaken for pneumonia.
Former Isis leader was subjected to sexual torture in US military prison in Iraq, widow says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhile most of Hamid Yazidi’s relatives were released after paying ransom, six of his children went...
Syria: Game Of Unknowns
Strategy Page· 4 days agoIsrael did not comment, which is not unusual. In the north, from the Mediterranean coast to the Iraq border, Russia, Iran and the Assads find themselves facing (and often fighting) and informal ...
Mali: Surprising Saudi Support Surfaces
Strategy Page· 3 days agoWhat was unusual about this meeting is the presence of Saudi Arabia and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) who rarely support counter-terrorism operations as partners with Western nations and going ...